President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a memorandum to combat domestic terrorism and organized political violence in the United States.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller presented the document to Trump during a signing event in the Oval Office, saying that the executive action marks “the first time in American history that there is an all-of-government effort to dismantle left-wing terrorism, to dismantle Antifa.”
The move aims to build on an executive order signed by Trump on Sept. 22 that designates Antifa a domestic terrorism organization.
Trump attributed the executive action to a rise in left-wing violence across the United States, coming after the Sept. 10 assassination of conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk….